St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-04

heavy lace jabot in Louis Quatorze
fashion. A model shown is of pistache
green and old rose changeable silk, with
green velvet revers and pockets on the
square sides, pink china Grape vest,
and wide full jabot of embroidered
white lisSe. The skirt and drapery are
OF summer bengalene, with wide bor
der along its edges and small flowers on
its striped surface. Another dress was
OF creamy embroidered cashmere, and
with it was worn short jacket, some
thing like peasants, but rising at the
neck with suggestion of an Eliza
bethan frill, closely studded with tiny
steel beads. This charming jacket. if
indeed it may be termed, gave the effect
OF coat of mail, opened and thrown
back for the nOnce, suggestion of
mauve on the bodice helping to carry
out the notion.
BENJAMIN BURKIT
brought his family from Boston to Sara
tOga to spend a few fashionable weeks.
1t consisted of two girls of fifteen and
seventeen, a lady of thirty-fve and a
bald-headed man of SiXty-seven. That
was Benjamin himself. dealer in leather,
deacon in church, piOus, rich. steady
old man. They were at one of the first
hotels, had the best rooms, and were
having fine time until last week. The
two girls were born by first wife. The
lady of thirty-five was an acquaintance
of later years, who made an excellent
mother, guarding the morals of Celia
and Della as if they were her own. Just
after Benjam and his bride got settled
in Saratoga, it began to be bruited quiz
city about, in circles where it would do
the most good, that at certain house
in the vicinity of Ballston Spa, there
was to be high jinks of an interesting
character. All the men in the swim
carried in theiFz-bseast@ze S.myS-
teriouS red cards, with mystic black
figures, that entitled them in considera-
ton of SIS to participate in the feStivi-
met him, and it came out that they all
had red tickets in their pockets.
''There are twenty New York ladies
who came on expressly for the occa-
Sion," said one.
'sAnd there's many a fine woman in
Saratoga will get out to the jinks to-
morrow night" said another.
Il heard customer from New York,
who is hiring out dominOS by the hun
dred, say he thought it would be jollier
crowd than the last Fren ch ball, !" added
Benjamin.
Then all those old pumps chuckled and
congratulated themselves that the world
was so pleasant, and parted with great
EXPECTATION FOR THE NEXT NIGHT.
BENJAMIN thought it was quite as well
to fix things with his family. He gave
out that he would have to spend the
next two days in Albany. The high
links would occupy only one day, but,
in affairs of this kind, it's always best
to have margin for recuperation.
The departure from Albany was to
be at about S o'clock in the
afternoon, but the real start for
Ballston road did not occur until that
evening. Benjamin provided himself
with false nose, with pair OF black
Side-whiskers attached, and a wig of
black hair, which transformed his cOun-
tenance into map of Jerusalem with
With this paraphernalia in his pocket
he was just leaving the cOStumer'S when
he heard voice which he recognized as
his eldest daughters. 1t was saying:
s'Couldn't you get another blue one?"
Pa was so agitated about being caught
himself that he flew before he should be
seen; but after he got away it occurred
to him what the sentence he had over
heard meant. His girls were going to
that dreadful mask ball. 1t was nearly
time when he went back to the hotel to
recOnnOlter. Inc hrSt person he met was
the chambermaid belonging to his suite
of apartments.
''Have you seen the young ladies?"he
asked.
''Oh, yes SIR" she replied; 'sthey came
in with the little dog about an hour ago,
and left him with madam, and have
both gone to bed"
This was reassuring. Benjamin felt
of the nose of his coat pocket, and
thought that he would make another
start; but, to make matters sure, he
would send a bell boy up to the girls
room with some letters he found in the
Office. Back came the boy.
THEY HAD GONE OUT SOMEWHERE.
Poor Benjamin.! His fatherly-feeling
was superior to his desire for high links.
He made up his mind to tell lie No. to
Mrs. Burket, and say that he had
missed the train for Albany. With this
intention he went up to his apartment.
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